Come shopping with the Crafty little Fairies!

Good Morning all

Hope this Thursday finds you all well and bright and breezy!  The weather is definitely picking up a bit - still a few showers but on the whole we've had nice bright sunny days this week - doesn't it just make you feel so much better.

Todays card is my DT card for

Crafty little Fairies

where its the turn of the Pink Fairies this week

Using Christmas Goodies by Lili of the valley

the theme is a great girly one

(well I think it's girly!)

Shopping

We have a fab sponsor this week

The lovely 

who are offering the prize of 4 digis to the winner

Delicious Doodles have some fab images- pop over and have a look!

I'm running a bit late today - I had to leave my card last night to finish this morning because I just couldn't get my head around it.  Mainly because it was supposed to be an easel card and somehow I forgot what I was doing and stuck it on a square card instead, then I couldn't decide what to do next! - sometimes I'm such an airhead - dizzy blonde springs to mind!!!

Anyway.... this is what I (eventually) did...

Image -  Christmas Goodies from LOTV available here 

Coloured with copics and prismacolor pencils

Papers - Woodland Wishes LOTV

Circle die - Mariannes

Flower dies - Spellbinders poinsettia
Leaf punch - Martha Stewart
Sentiments - LOTV christmas tags and Christmas stocking set from MFT
Ribbon - Carnmeal Cottage
Enamel faux brads - MME Christmas lost and found

Hope to see you shopping at Crafty little fairies this week - if you need some ideas visit the challenge blog (if you're me you can manage to go shopping very well - ask my DH lol)

Challenges I'm entering with this card

Winter wonderland - most wonderful time of the year
4 krafty girls - anything goes
ABC christmas - use die cuts
Love to create - Anything goes
make it monday - anything goes



hugs
Judith x 

Animal Magic at The Paper Shelter

Good morning blog friends

Its Wednesdays again and time for another challenge at

The Paper Shelter

We have a fab theme this week 

Animal Magic

I chose to use this really cute bunny image
not only am i getting organised for Christmas - but Easter as well!!

Easter Masterpiece is available here

As always we have a fab prize for the winner of this weeks challenge
(an even better one if you use a Paper Shelter Image)

This is what I did....

Image - Easter Masterpiece from TPS
Coloured with copics and prismacolor pencils
Papers, egg sticker and alphabet letters - Spring Drop from First Edition
Flat back pearls - Inky impressions
Pins - from my stash
Organza Ribbon - Carnmeal Cottage

Call in to see the fabulous Animal images my teamies used over at TPS challenge blog - great cards and a fab selection of cute animal images too

Challenges I'm entering with this card...

Mod squad - Spring cards
Nutcrafters - ribbon and bling
Simon says - Pearls
Through the craftroomdoor - anything goes


hugs

Judith x

I't's guys and girls at Penny's Paper Crafty challenge - and I'm one of the new girls!!

Good morning all

It's one of those busy old 2 post days today! - please scroll down for my DT post for 

The Paper Shelter

.....And here I am with my very first DT card for Penny's Crafty Challenge.  I was delighted to  be asked to join the fab team at Pennys - its a lovely DT with great sponsors each week what I liked was that a lot of them I haven't worked with before - this includes this weeks sponsors.
I got to use this fab image 

Effie Trinket from Sassy Studios available Here

I thought her hat looked like a poinsettia so took the opportunity to add another Christmas card to my stash! - are you sick of my Christmas cards yet tee hee 

We have two great sponsors this week

Sassy Studios Designs

Store - http://buysassystudiodesigns.blogspot.co.uk/
 Blog - http://www.sassystudiodesigns.blogspot.co.uk/


and

Dr Digis House of Stamps

Store - http://www.doctor-digi.com/
Blog - http://doctor-digi.blogspot.co.uk/

This is what I did....

Image - Effie Trinket from Sassy Studios

Coloured with copic and prismacolor pencils

Papers - christmas by MME

Pionsettia - WOC

Ribbons - Carnmeal cottage

Flower die (behind pionsettia) Mariannes

Christmas label stamp - Christmas stamp set from Michaels

There are some fab creations over on the challenge blog with lots of Guys and Girls - call over to see what my teamies made and hope you'll bring a card with you too!

 - I have to say there is one disadvantage to being on the Penny's DT - I can't play along anymore!!

Challenges I'm entering with this card

Christmas card challenge - Anything goes

Kaboodle doodle - Use ribbon

Fan-tastic Tuesday - anything goes (must be square)

Tuesday throwdown - anything goes

Christmas at sweet stampin - tropical Christmas (poinsettia - tropical flower- if it doesn't fit sorry!)

ABC Christmas challenge - die cuts

hugs Judith xx

We're getting sketchy at moving Along With The Times

Good morning all

Whoops just looked and wondered where my post was - scheduled an hour late - for some reason! - sorry better late than never

I was really glad to have a sketch to work from for this weeks challenge at MAWTT

I always think that if you know the layout - you're half way there

and with the busy couple of weeks I've had I need all the help I can get lol

I'm still on my rubber stamps "thing" - I have so many uninked and have decided that I'm using them this year -come hell or high water - as my Nana used to say lol - apart from the waste of not using them it's also such a shame that they never get seen.  Today I'm using a cute Wee stamp that I won in a challenge last year.  it's ages since i've made a pretty pink card and decided that she was a perfect candidate to be pretty and pink!!   

Here is the sketch - interpret it any way you like - as long as we can see the sketch on your work

This is what I did....

Image - from Peggy from Wee Stamps at Whimsy Stamps

coloured with -Copics and Prismacolour pencils

Papers  Nitwits Perfect Pair by Mary Fran from LOTV

Circle dies - spellbinders

Ribbon - free with magazine

flowers - martha stewart

Sentimentb- LOTV

Butterfly punch - martha stewart

Oval Pearls - Kaisercraft

Hope we see you over at MAWTT this week

Challenges I'm entering with this card

Crafty ribbons - anything goes
Southern girls - bling bling bling
paper pretties - ribbon
craft your passions - girly girl

hugs 

Judith x

I've got spots!!!

Good morning all

Hope its a good (or getting better!) where you are.  I'm so sorry I've been a bit absent this week.  We've had such a busy, and stressful week again with my MIL and FIL and ongoing health issues, we're really just hoping that things will get better soon and I certainly hope to be able to be a better blogger!

Anyhooos!! on with today which hopefully will be a good one, my BIL is on duty for his parents today  so we're out to lunch on a "steak and chips meal for two" that we got from living social deals - so at least I'm out, getting fed and just having time to sit and relax which doesn't seem to have been happening much lately -its been booked twice and cancelled with various "happenings"  - so third time lucky!!!  Then I'm going to hav myself some well deserved  crafty time this afternoon and open my box of crafty goodies that I ordered and have sat unopened for a whole week because I just haven't had time to do anything with them (this includes my new brother machine!!) - so hope I finally get the time today.

Now onto these spots lol -well I haven't got them personally - but my card has.  

This week's theme at 

Fab'n'Funky Challenges

 set by our lovely Wendy is

Spots or stripes or even both! 

A nice easy one - I'm sure everyone can find a spot or too (on a card!!)

So here's my spots!!

Using the sweet Alannah and Snowball

 from Stampart Design by Kathryne at Whimsy Stamps available HERE 

I thought I would give my favourite round easel card an outing.  I haven't been able to cut them successfully since my Grand Calibur broke last year as I didn't have a mat big enough to use on my Big Shot with the grand nestie dies - but I had a bit of a mess about cutting up some embossing mats I have and eventually managed it - I still think I need a new GC-think that's in the post soon!!

We have two wonderful sponsors this week 

Colour Me Creative Classroom

 Prize is a class by Suzanne

And

StampArt Design by Kathryne

with a prize of 5 digis of the winner's choice
and the chance of a GDT spot here at Fab'n'Funky Challenges

This is what I did.....

Image - Alannah and Snowball by Stampart design by Kathryne at Whimsy Stamps

Coloured with Copics and Prismacolor pencils

Card shape cut with Spellbinders grand nesties circle and scalloped circle

Die cut flowers - spellbinders poinsettias

Die cut holly sprigs - Mariannes

Die cut holly branch - Memory box

Papers -MME Christmas

Sentiment - Anna Griffin yuletide greetings 3d stickers

Hope to see your spots (or stripes or both!) at Fab'n'Funky Challenges this week

Challenges I'm entering with this card

Gem of a challenge - spots and stripes (stripes on scarf)
My mums craft shop - spots and stripes (stripes on scarf)
The cutie pie challenge - cute with spots and dots
ABC Christmas challenge - use die cuts
DS4J - use dies or punches

Hugs

Judith xx

Christmas fun Challenge - babys first christmas cards

Good morning blog friends

I'm here with a reminder of the new

Christmas Fun Challenge

 that runs to the end of the month

the theme is 

Baby's first Christmas

I decided to use a cute digi that was a freebee from Wee stamps just before last Christmas  - Isn't this just the cutest bear you ever saw!!

I'm really happy to have made one more christmas card to add to the stash!  This is now number 5 this year - I'm more or less on target.

This is what I did

Stanmp - Weestamps christmas free digi

Colured with copics and prisma pencils

Papers - winterwonderland MME

Bow die - MME

Holly die - Marianne

Circles - spellbinders

Sentiment - computer produced

Pearls - from my stash
Distress ink - tea die - Tim Holtz

We'd lve to see your cute baby's first Christmas card this week 

Hugs

Judith xx

Crafty little fairies Bears challenge - and some exciting news!

Good morning blog friends

Another fortnight has gone by and its time for the pink fairies to do their stuff 

at
 Crafty Little Fairies Challenge
.

  I've been GDT with the fairies for a while now but last weekend Squirrell asked me if I would like to stay on a permanent basis - would I like to stay!!!! - what do you think I said lol.

  So now I'm just soooo happy to be a real pink fairy  

(I think my wings and wand must be in the post).  

The theme for this weeks challenge is 

Teddy Bears

Heres my card(s) for this weeks challenge
what do you think which one!!

I'm carrying on my challenge to myself to go back to using more rubber stamps so I used this cute image from LOTV called My Favourite Friends available HERE

this is one of my most recent LOTV stamps that I bought in one of the sales they had a few weeks back and its the first time I've used it.
 I just love that long floppy bear she's holding - just too cute!

- and to qualify for the prize you must use a digi or stamped image
I wanted this to be fairly CAS - but think I went a bit overboard for CAS! - but the main focus is definitely on the image so I must get some brownie points for that : )

we have two fabulous sponsors this week



and


Great prizes - definitely worth entering!

This is what i did....

Image -My Favourite Friends from LOTV

Coloured with -copics and prismacolor pencils

Papers - buttons and bows fom LOTV

Sentiment labels - LOTV

Leaf frond punch - martha stewart

Flower die - MFT

Pearls and lace - from my stash

Now you really need to pop on over to the crafty little fairies challenge blog to see the cute teddy bear cards that my teamies made!

Challenges I'm entering with this card

Lili of the Valley - Name that tune - me and my teddy bear (an oldie but goodie!)
Brendas blogaversary draw - favourite item - has to be my copics and prisma pencils for colouring

(big congratulations Brenda - and thanks for a fab candy challenge xxx)
Crafty Ribbons -Ribbons and bows
Milk coffee - girly

Hugs

Judith xx